Helsinki alert of biodiversity and health

Green areas around homes reduce atopic sensitization in children

(2015) L. Ruokolainen et al.   ALLERGY

Long-term consequences of maternal overweight in pregnancy on offspring later health: Findings from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study

(2014) Johan G. Eriksson et al.   ANNALS OF MEDICINE

The gut microbiota and its role in the development of allergic disease: a wider perspective

(2014) C. E. West et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY

Microbial ‘old friends’, immunoregulation and socioeconomic status

(2014) G. A. W. Rook et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY

Standard of hygiene and immune adaptation in newborn infants

(2014) Henna Kallionpää et al.   CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Diet, Metabolites, and “Western-Lifestyle” Inflammatory Diseases

(2014) Alison N. Thorburn et al.   IMMUNITY

Microbiome of prebiotic-treated mice reveals novel targets involved in host response during obesity

(2014) Amandine Everard et al.   ISME Journal

Acinetobacter species in the skin microbiota protect against allergic sensitization and inflammation

(2014) Nanna Fyhrquist et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Effects of early-life exposure to allergens and bacteria on recurrent wheeze and atopy in urban children

(2014) Susan V. Lynch et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Focused specificity of intestinal TH17 cells towards commensal bacterial antigens

(2014) Yi Yang et al.   NATURE

Lung microbiota promotes tolerance to allergens in neonates via PD-L1

(2014) Eva S Gollwitzer et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

What is needed for allergic children?

(2014) Tari Haahtela   PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Opportunity or Orientation? Who Uses Urban Parks and Why

(2014) Brenda B. Lin et al.   PLoS One

Short-Term Effect of Antibiotics on Human Gut Microbiota

(2014) Suchita Panda et al.   PLoS One

Can environmental conditions experienced in early life influence future generations?

(2014) T. Burton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Bifidobacterium breve and Lactobacillus rhamnosus treatment is as effective as budesonide at reducing inflammation in a murine model for chronic asthma

(2014) Seil Sagar et al.   RESPIRATORY RESEARCH

Longitudinal analysis of microbial interaction between humans and the indoor environment

(2014) S. Lax et al.   SCIENCE

Does walking explain associations between access to greenspace and lower mortality?

(2014) Kate Lachowycz et al.   SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE

The Role of the Lung Microbiome in Health and Disease. A National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Workshop Report

(2013) Yvonne J. Huang et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Maternal nutrition and risk of obesity in offspring: The Trojan horse of developmental plasticity

(2013) Sebastian D. Parlee et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE

Intergenerational programming of metabolic disease: evidence from human populations and experimental animal models

(2013) Mary-Elizabeth Patti   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Low gut microbiota diversity in early infancy precedes asthma at school age

(2013) T. R. Abrahamsson et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY

Is Neighborhood Green Space Associated With a Lower Risk of Type 2 Diabetes? Evidence From 267,072 Australians

(2013) Thomas Astell-Burt et al.   DIABETES CARE

Consumption of Fermented Milk Product With Probiotic Modulates Brain Activity

(2013) Kirsten Tillisch et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Chronic disease and sitting time in middle-aged Australian males: findings from the 45 and Up Study

(2013) Emma S George et al.   International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Greener neighborhoods, slimmer people? Evidence from 246 920 Australians

(2013) T Astell-Burt et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Effect of barrier microbes on organ-based inflammation

(2013) Holger Garn et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Microbial influence on tolerance and opportunities for intervention with prebiotics/probiotics and bacterial lysates

(2013) Petra Ina Pfefferle et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Parental Dietary Fat Intake Alters Offspring Microbiome and Immunity

(2013) I. A. Myles et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

A gut prediction

(2013) Willem M. de Vos et al.   NATURE

Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity in Youth With Recent Onset of Type 2 Diabetes

(2013) A. Kriska et al.   PEDIATRICS

Going Beyond the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: An Index System of Human Well-Being

(2013) Wu Yang et al.   PLoS One

Differential Effects of Antibiotic Therapy on the Structure and Function of Human Gut Microbiota

(2013) Ana Elena Pérez-Cobas et al.   PLoS One

House dust exposure mediates gut microbiome Lactobacillus enrichment and airway immune defense against allergens and virus infection

(2013) K. E. Fujimura et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Regulation of the immune system by biodiversity from the natural environment: An ecosystem service essential to health

(2013) G. A. Rook   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cross-talk between Akkermansia muciniphila and intestinal epithelium controls diet-induced obesity

(2013) A. Everard et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Long-Term Stability of the Human Gut Microbiota

(2013) J. J. Faith et al.   SCIENCE

Gut–brain axis: how the microbiome influences anxiety and depression

(2013) Jane A. Foster et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Does access to neighbourhood green space promote a healthy duration of sleep? Novel findings from a cross-sectional study of 259 319 Australians

(2013) Thomas Astell-Burt et al.   BMJ Open

Mom Knows Best: The Universality of Maternal Microbial Transmission

(2013) Lisa J. Funkhouser et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The biodiversity hypothesis and allergic disease: world allergy organization position statement

(2013) Tari Haahtela et al.   World Allergy Organization Journal

The impacts of nature experience on human cognitive function and mental health

(2012) Gregory N. Bratman et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

The farm effect, or

(2012) Gabriela Wlasiuk et al.   Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Can we vaccinate against depression?

(2012) Graham A.W. Rook et al.   DRUG DISCOVERY TODAY

Developmental origins of non-communicable disease: Implications for research and public health

(2012) Robert Barouki et al.   Environmental Health

Is the origin of type 1 diabetes in the gut?

(2012) Outi Vaarala   IMMUNOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY

Does diversity of environmental microbial exposure matter for the occurrence of allergy and asthma?

(2012) Dick Heederik et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Early-life environmental determinants of allergic diseases and the wider pandemic of inflammatory noncommunicable diseases

(2012) Susan L. Prescott   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

High and increasing prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in Finland with a clear North–South difference

(2012) Airi Jussila et al.   Journal of Crohns & Colitis

Physical activity: more of the same is not enough

(2012) Pedro C Hallal et al.   LANCET

Rethinking our approach to physical activity

(2012) Pamela Das et al.   LANCET

Effect of physical inactivity on major non-communicable diseases worldwide: an analysis of burden of disease and life expectancy

(2012) I-Min Lee et al.   LANCET

Human gut microbiome viewed across age and geography

(2012) Tanya Yatsunenko et al.   NATURE

Married to our gut microbiota

(2012) Katrina Ray   Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

The gut microbiota—a clinical perspective on lessons learned

(2012) Fergus Shanahan   Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Microbial contact during pregnancy, intestinal colonization and human disease

(2012) Samuli Rautava et al.   Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Mind-altering microorganisms: the impact of the gut microbiota on brain and behaviour

(2012) John F. Cryan et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Direct experimental evidence that early-life farm environment influences regulation of immune responses

(2012) Marie C. Lewis et al.   PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Comparative Metaproteomics and Diversity Analysis of Human Intestinal Microbiota Testifies for Its Temporal Stability and Expression of Core Functions

(2012) Carolin A. Kolmeder et al.   PLoS One

Environmental biodiversity, human microbiota, and allergy are interrelated

(2012) I. Hanski et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Toll-Like Receptors Promote Mutually Beneficial Commensal-Host Interactions

(2012) Jason L. Kubinak et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Microbiota in autoimmunity and tolerance

(2011) Koji Atarashi et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY

Natural immunity

(2011) Leena von Hertzen et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Microbial influences on epithelial integrity and immune function as a basis for inflammatory diseases

(2011) Laurence Macia et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Epithelial barrier biology: good fences make good neighbours

(2011) Emmanuelle Moens et al.   IMMUNOLOGY

Low diversity of the gut microbiota in infants with atopic eczema

(2011) Thomas R. Abrahamsson et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

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(2011) Dan Christensen et al.   MOLECULAR MEDICINE

City living and urban upbringing affect neural social stress processing in humans

(2011) Florian Lederbogen et al.   NATURE

Human nutrition, the gut microbiome and the immune system

(2011) Andrew L. Kau et al.   NATURE

Exposure to Environmental Microorganisms and Childhood Asthma

(2011) Markus J. Ege et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Assessment of psychotropic-like properties of a probiotic formulation ( Lactobacillus helveticus R0052 and Bifidobacterium longum R0175) in rats and human subjects

(2010) Michaël Messaoudi et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

99th Dahlem Conference on Infection, Inflammation and Chronic Inflammatory Disorders: Psycho-neuroimmunology and the intestinal microbiota: clinical observations and basic mechanisms

(2010) J. Bienenstock et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY

Fetal Epigenetic Mechanisms and Innate Immunity in Asthma

(2010) Petra Ina Pfefferle et al.   CURRENT ALLERGY AND ASTHMA REPORTS

Impact of diet in shaping gut microbiota revealed by a comparative study in children from Europe and rural Africa

(2010) C. De Filippo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The current status of urban-rural differences in psychiatric disorders

(2009) J. Peen et al.   ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA

Environmentally-acquired bacteria influence microbial diversity and natural innate immune responses at gut surfaces

(2009) Imke E Mulder et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

The global diabetes epidemic as a consequence of lifestyle-induced low-grade inflammation

(2009) H. Kolb et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

Caveolar transport through nasal epithelium of birch pollen allergen Bet v 1 in allergic patients

(2009) Sakari Joenväärä et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Coordination of tolerogenic immune responses by the commensal microbiota

(2009) June L. Round et al.   JOURNAL OF AUTOIMMUNITY

Maternal TLR signaling is required for prenatal asthma protection by the nonpathogenic microbeAcinetobacter lwoffiiF78

(2009) Melanie L. Conrad et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

What are the consequences of the disappearing human microbiota?

(2009) Martin J. Blaser et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Topographical and Temporal Diversity of the Human Skin Microbiome

(2009) E. A. Grice et al.   SCIENCE

Promoting human health through forests: overview and major challenges

(2009) Eeva Karjalainen et al.   Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

TLRs and innate immunity

(2008) B. A. Beutler   BLOOD

Physical activity as a possible mechanism behind the relationship between green space and health: A multilevel analysis

(2008) Jolanda Maas et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Physical training does not increase allergic inflammation in asthmatic children

(2008) A. Moreira et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Contrasting Immunological Effects of Two Disparate Dusts – Preliminary Observations

(2008) Harri Alenius et al.   INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Effect of exposure to natural environment on health inequalities: an observational population study

(2008) Richard Mitchell et al.   LANCET

Health and Urban Living

(2008) C. Dye   SCIENCE